Chapter Forty-Three

CAMILA SILVA

Arraial do Cabo, my home, my second home. This place has always been my refuge, when I felt the world was about to fall apart this is where I came. Not only because of the beauty of the place, of course that helps a lot, but also because this place feels like home to me, like family.

I went through many difficulties as a child, I witnessed many difficult moments. And whenever things started to get bad, my mother would send me here to stay with my family for a while until things got good again.

Until today I am my Uncle Claudio's favorite niece, even though he doesn't assume much, the way he treats me is as if I were his daughter. Always doing my likes, doing everything so that I feel good and, most of all, come back there more often.

It was here that I learned to love the sea, to connect with the sea. Things would tighten up and I would go to my safe spot, every wave that I broke was a problem that I overcame. At the beach I have my memories, I can disconnect from the wo